A3001 Arousal Games for Agility

Throughout this class, we will be working through all sorts of arousal layering games to help our dogs learn to regulate themselves more easily in the context of agility. These games will work through all different aspects that tend to raise arousal levels such as frustration, repetition, lack of clarity/confusion, motion, etc. All the while, we will be building a clear structure for how our dogs can learn to think through these aspects while keeping a calmer head and teach what to do if they are moving in the direction of getting too amped up.

The games can also eventually act as good warm ups to help get your dog into the optimal agility thinking brain before training or trailing or exercises to revisit throughout your dog’s career as little reminders.

Teaching Approach:

Lectures will be released at the top of each week. They will be a combination of written instruction and video demos.

Feedback will consist of written feedback and screenshots with specific timestamps as applicable. Check ins to forums will occur twice a day to keep the flow going and to make sure we can get the most out of our three weeks for those enrolled at gold and silver.